Samuel W. Dana

Samuel Whittlesey Dana (13 February 1760-21 July 1830) was a member of the US House of Representatives from Connecticut's at-large district from 3 January 1797 to 10 May 1810 (succeeding Uriah Tracy and preceding Ebenezer Huntington) and a US Senator from 4 December 1810 to 4 March 1821 (succeeding James Hillhouse and preceding Elijah Boardman). He was a Federalist Party member.

Biography
Samuel Whittlesey Dana was born in Wallingford, Connecticut in 1760, and he became a lawyer in 1778. He was a member of the Connecticut General Assembly from 1789 to 1796, and he served in the US House of Representatives from 1797 to 1810, continuing Uriah Tracy's unexpired term before being re-elected to several more terms. In 1810, he was appointed to the US Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Hillhouse, and he served in the Senate until 1821. He died in 1830.